Intel Media Driver & VPL GPU Runtime 2026Q2 Updates Continue Prepping For Nova Lake
Intel Media Driver & VPL GPU Runtime 2026Q2 Updates Continue Prepping For Nova Lake Written by Michael Larabel in Intel on 30 July 2026 at 05:38 AM EDT. Add A Comment Over the past few Intel VA-API Media Driver releases we have seen preparations made for Nova Lake video acceleration. That has continued today with the Intel Media Driver and Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime releases today with their new quarterly feature releases.
- ▪Intel Media Driver & VPL GPU Runtime 2026Q2 Updates Continue Prepping For Nova Lake Written by Michael Larabel in Intel on 30 July 2026 at 05:38 AM EDT.
- ▪Add A Comment Over the past few Intel VA-API Media Driver releases we have seen preparations made for Nova Lake video acceleration.
- ▪That has continued today with the Intel Media Driver and Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime releases today with their new quarterly feature releases.
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Intel Media Driver & VPL GPU Runtime 2026Q2 Updates Continue Prepping For Nova Lake Written by Michael Larabel in Intel on 30 July 2026 at 05:38 AM EDT. Add A Comment Over the past few Intel VA-API Media Driver releases we have seen preparations made for Nova Lake video acceleration. That has continued today with the Intel Media Driver and Intel oneVPL GPU Runtime releases today with their new quarterly feature releases. Released today was the Intel Media Driver 2026Q2 that continues providing video acceleration on Intel hardware back to Broadwell with the Video Acceleration API (VA-API). With this quarterly feature release there is continued Nova Lake enablement. Nova Lake now has working AV1, HEVC, and AVC encoding with this new driver release.
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